"With one hand, you won't be able to make it down..."
Wild Wolf looked at me, stubbornly insisting, "You don't have a free hand to keep your balance. If you keep going like this, it'll be easy for something to go wrong.
"If you don't follow the team's orders, you're not going on this mission!"
"The hell I'm not! I'm going down, and what are you gonna do about it?!"
I spoke, glaring fiercely at Wild Wolf. The others were all struggling to hold back their laughter. Knife Five's grin had practically split his face.
I glanced at the bunch of them.
"If you wanna laugh, then laugh! Don't hold it in. It's making me uncomfortable!"
I shouted at them, and at once... my words were like a fuse setting off an explosion of laughter. Everyone except Wild Wolf and me burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha! Just like you, Boss!"
"Pfft... Hehehe. I hate to say it, but, Sister Wuyu, you really ought to sit..."
"Hehe~ Let me laugh for a bit."
"Cut it out, you little brats! Wild Wolf, listen up. Even if I fall to my death, I'm not sitting in that thing!!!"
The Sweet, Sweet Smell of Reality
Life rarely went as planned, and there were few things you could tell other people about.
People lived for their pride, fighting to save face. But sometimes, even in the name of the greater good, we had to make a choice.
Yeah...
"Wild Wolf, since you've got the guts to make me sit in this stupid thing, you'd better keep it steady!"
I yelled at Wild Wolf behind me, my voice echoing through the whole tunnel. Instantly, laughter broke out all around us.
"Pffthahahahaha~"
"Hehehehehe~"
"Hahaha~"
"D-don't mess with me! I can't hold onto the rope!"
"Big Sister, stop messing